Karl R. Lyman – Stalwart son of San JuanKarl Lyman was born on New Year’s Day, 1913, eight years after his father and mother had left Bluff and pitched their tent on White Mesa on the south end of the Blue Mountains.

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George A. Hurst, Jr.Both of George Hurst’s grandfathers moved from Utah to Mexico to avoid persecution and prosecution for having multiple wives during the period that polygamy was practiced in the LDS Church.

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Oren Frost Black, pioneer builder of San JuanFrost Black’s life covered almost all of the 20th Century. He helped his father build roads with horses as a boy. He traveled by horseback or buggy for decades before there were motorized vehicles ...

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Parley Redd and his Ruth: A San Juan romanceSpeaking at the funeral of Parley Redd in Blanding on April 19, 1955, Charles Redd said, “I know of very few people who have had a more loving and genuine romance than Parley and Ruth Redd. I don’t...

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Pacheco refugees leave large legacy in San JuanOn July 2, 2011, hundreds of the more than 1,600 descendents of Willard Richard and Hattie Black Guymon will gather in Blanding to celebrate the passage of 147 years since their common Grandfather ...

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Minnie Johnson – Woman of many talentsMinnie was born in Roanoke, VA in 1901. She married at age 17 to James Bugg. They were married for 21 years and she bore him six children. She never worked outside the home.

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